The United Arab Emirates won’t be making further voluntary OPEC+ oil production cuts at the present time, said the country’s energy minister. The UAE is “doing enough” to contribute to the OPEC+ supply curbs, Energy Minister Suhail Al Mazrouei told reporters in Vienna. He noted the large difference between the …
Read More »Saudi Arabia and Russia Curb Oil Supply again to Try to Boost Prices
Saudi Arabia and Russia announced Monday that they would make additional cuts to oil supply as a global economic slowdown hangs over the outlook for energy demand. Saudi Arabia — the world’s biggest exporter of crude oil — said it would extend a cut of 1 million barrels a day …
Read More »Saudi Oil Cuts See Top Buyers Looking at Crude from Elsewhere
Asia’s oil refiners, responsible for meeting about a third of the world’s fuel consumption, are getting ready to go elsewhere for crude should Saudi Arabia and Russia’s latest pledged output cuts deprive them of barrels. The two producer countries said on Monday that they will prolong and deepen output cuts …
Read More »Russia’s Crude Oil, Diesel Exports at Higher Volumes than Pre-War Era
Russia’s crude oil and diesel exports are at higher volumes than in the pre-war period with the emergence of new export destinations, particularly China and India, for crude exports and a good range of buyers for diesel exports, according to Vortexa data compiled by Anadolu. Russia’s crude oil exports plummeted …
Read More »Oil Prices Remain Steady as Traders Brace for Tighter Supply
Crude oil prices were little changed at the start of the week—and the second half of the year—as traders brace up for tighter supply. Saudi Arabia will this month reduce its oil output by 1 million barrels daily. It remains to be seen if it will extend the reduction beyond …
Read More »Iraq’s Oil Exports to US Reach 7.5 Million Barrels in June
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced on Sunday that Iraq’s oil exports to the United States reached 7.5 million barrels in the previous month of June. A table published by the administration revealed that Iraq exported 7.5 million barrels of crude oil to the United States during the month of …
Read More »U.S. Sees Sizable Surge in Iraqi Oil Imports; Canadian Crude Maintains Dominance
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has reported a dramatic upswing in its weekly crude oil imports from Iraq, with the volumes doubling over the last week. According to EIA’s compiled data, the average daily import of crude oil from nine primary exporting nations surged to 5.709 million barrels. This represents …
Read More »U.S. Crude Oil Inventories Drop amid Oil Price Slide
Crude oil inventories in the United States decreased this week by 2.408 million barrels, the American Petroleum Institute (API) data showed on Tuesday, after falling by 1.246 million barrels in the week prior. Analysts were expecting a smaller 1.467-million-barrel draw in U.S. crude-oil inventories. The total number of barrels of …
Read More »Oil Industry Leaders Remain Confident about Long-Term Demand
Oil and gas industry leaders are confident in the long-term resilience of oil demand despite challenges from the energy transition. This is the message coming out of the inaugural edition of the Energy Asia conference that took place this week in Malaysia. “Energy transition is going to take a lot …
Read More »Russian Oil Prices Remain below G-7 Cap but $900-a-Month Delivery Mystery Remains
Russia’s main crude grade is still selling well below international benchmarks — and a Group of Seven-imposed price cap — but a huge amount of money for delivering it continues to go into the hands of mystery middlemen. The country’s flagship Urals grade averaged about $52 a barrel so far …
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